so i picked up an old Schick Krona recently on the BST from "meglad" for $12.50 (shipping to CAD included) and it came yesterday. i cleaned it up, sterilized it and put an Astra in it.
face lathered some RazoRock and went to town.
WOWSERS! it was one of my best shaves ever. no bleeding, no knicks, cuts or weepers, no redness. i got 4 passes and a near BBS from it.
no, it's not as close a shave as my 89 with a feather, but i also didn't get any redness or irritation. and it's still better then any rotary or cartridge shave as far as closeness.
i'll be using it again shortly and more often.
it's not the prettiest razor out there, not the most talked about compared with Gillette, Gillette, Gillette, but for $10-15 like they regularly are, if you are new, you should probably try one out. heck there were 4 of them on the BST yesterday, including shipping and none had sold yet.
looking back, i sure wish i had started with a Krona instead of a Merkur 38C, at least until i got my lather and techinique down.
face lathered some RazoRock and went to town.
WOWSERS! it was one of my best shaves ever. no bleeding, no knicks, cuts or weepers, no redness. i got 4 passes and a near BBS from it.
no, it's not as close a shave as my 89 with a feather, but i also didn't get any redness or irritation. and it's still better then any rotary or cartridge shave as far as closeness.
i'll be using it again shortly and more often.
it's not the prettiest razor out there, not the most talked about compared with Gillette, Gillette, Gillette, but for $10-15 like they regularly are, if you are new, you should probably try one out. heck there were 4 of them on the BST yesterday, including shipping and none had sold yet.
looking back, i sure wish i had started with a Krona instead of a Merkur 38C, at least until i got my lather and techinique down.
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